St. Charles City-County Library

Census Information:

Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov
America's FactFinder: http://factfinder.census.gov
American Community Survey: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/
State & County QuickFacts:http://quickfacts.census.gov/

Missouri Census Information

Raw Data: Column "je": http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/webrepts/sdcprofiles3/mo/
MO Census Menu: http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/websas/dp3_2kmenus/mo/
Map: http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/pub/webrepts/mocntymap.html
Circular Area Profiles: http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/websas/caps.html
Tract Number (MO): http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/websas/dp3_2kmenus/mo/Tracts/
MO Demographic Profiles: http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/webrepts/sf3pros/moindex.html

Illinois Census Information

Tract Number (IL): http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/websas/dp3_2kmenus/il/Tracts/
Place (IL): http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/websas/dp3_2kmenus/il/Places/
State Demographic Profiles: http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/webrepts/sf3pros/ilindex.html

Other Sites:

Annie E. Casey Foundation and The Citizens for Missouri's Children:
Kids Count "data book" is released annually and is focused on documenting the status of children in the United States.
http://datacenter.kidscount.org/databook/2009/Default.aspx

FedStats:
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov/

just 4 Kids:
Another website that shows school ratings and best teaching practices.
http://www.nc4ea.org/index.cfm/e/initiatives.just_for_the_kids

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:
The website gives the public schools a rating, and gives other statistics such as dropout, graduation, attendance, and incident rates.
http://dese.mo.gov/directory/index.html (School Districts)
http://dese.mo.gov/schoollaw/HomeSch/ (Home school information)

Missouri Department of Higher Education:
http://www.dhe.mo.gov

National Center for Education Statistics:
http://nces.ed.gov/ (Main Page)
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/ (Search for Private Schools)

National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
Publishes the Annual Survey of State-Funded Preschool Programs as well as an interactive database of the survey results.
http://nieer.org/ (Main Page)
http://stateofpreschool.org/(Preschool Report)

US Department of Education:
http://www.ed.gov (main page)
http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/index.html (Blue Ribbon Schools)